Raiders at full strength; they’ll need to be

Summary of 3 articles · Updated Dec 27, 2013

The Raiders appear to be at full strength for the second consecutive practice Thursday in preparation to face the Denver Broncos. If both the Raiders and Jaguars lose their finales, the Raiders would pick after the Jaguars since Oakland would maintain a h… (more)igher strength of schedule. And it’s the reason the Oakland Raiders went from drafting third a week ago – if the NFL draft were held after 14 games – to fourth now, even as they are one of six teams currently with four wins, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Minnesota Vikings So with one game remaining in the regular season – at home Sunday against the AFC West champion Denver Broncos , who can clinch home field throughout the playoffs with a victory – where are the 4-11 Raiders most likely to have their first selection come May? Well, according to ESPN Stats & Information, if Washington loses to the New York Giants on Sunday, the Raiders can go no higher than third overall, behind the Houston Texans and St. On Tuesday, the Raiders had their first practice of the season during which all 53 men on the roster were healthy enough to participate. But if the Raiders and all of the other four-win teams were to lose, Oakland could fall as low as eighth overall. The Denver Broncos are playing for home-field advantage in the playoffs and a chance for quarterback Peyton Manning to add to his historic, record-setting season. If and when he does that, do you think coach John Fox pulls him from the game to save him for the playoffs, or is Man

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